H8816 - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Number

Perfect

The Perfect expresses a completed action.

1) In reference to time, such an action may be:

1a) one just completed from the standpoint of the present
"I have come" to tell you the news

1b) one completed in the more or less distant past
in the beginning God "created"
"I was (once) young" and "I have (now) grown old" but
"I have not seen" a righteous man forsaken

1c) one already completed from the point of view of another
past act
God saw everything that "he had made"

1d) one completed from the point of view of another action
yet future
I will draw for thy camels also until "they have done"
drinking

2) The perfect is often used where the present is employed in
English.

2a) in the case of general truths or actions of frequent
occurrence--truths or actions which have been often
experienced or observed
the grass "withereth"
the sparrow "findeth" a house

2b) an action or attitude of the past may be continued into
the present
"I stretch out" my hands to thee
"thou never forsakest" those who seek thee

2c) the perfect of intransitive verbs is used where English
uses the present; The perfect in Hebrew in such a case
emphasises a condition which has come into "complete
existence" and realisation
"I know" thou wilt be king
"I hate" all workers of iniquity

2d) Sometimes in Hebrew, future events are conceived so
vividly and so realistically that they are regarded as
Having virtually taken place and are described by the
perfect.

2d1) in promises, threats and language of contracts
the field "give I" thee
and if not, "I will take it"

2d2) prophetic language
my people "is gone into captivity"
(i.e. shall assuredly go).

Related words

H8816

H8684
Stem -Aphel See { [H8817]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-66

H8689
Stem -Hiphil See { [H8818]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-2675

H8694
Stem -Hithpael See { [H8819]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-157

H8701
Stem -Hithpalpel See { [H8821]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-5

H8702
Stem -Hithpeil See { [H8822]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-1

H8707
Stem -Hithpoel See { [H8823]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-2

H8712
Stem -Hithpolel See { [H8824]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-9

H8717
Stem -Hophal See { [H8825]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-123

H8719
Stem -Hothpael See { [H8826]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-6

H8724
Stem -Ithpael See { [H8828]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-6

H8728
Stem -Ithpeal See { [H8829]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-12

H8730
Stem -Ithpeel See { [H8830]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-1

H8738
Stem -Niphal See { [H8833]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-1429

H8739
Stem -Niphpael See { [H8834]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-2

H8745
Stem -Pael See { [H8835]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-23

H8754
Stem -Peal See { [H8837]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-231

H8758
Stem -Peel Or Peil See { [H8838]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-2

H8760
Stem -Peil See { [H8839]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-7

H8765
Stem -Piel See { [H8840]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-2121

H8768
Stem -Pilel See { [H8841]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-8

H8773
Stem -Pilpel See { [H8842]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-19

H8776
Stem -Poal See { [H8843]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-8

H8777
Stem -Poalal See { [H8844]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-3

H8782
Stem -Poel See { [H8845]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-11

H8785
Stem -Polal See { [H8846]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-2

H8790
Stem -Polel See { [H8847]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-41

H8791
Stem -Polpal See { [H8848]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-1

H8795
Stem -Pual See { [H8849]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-199

H8797
Stem -Pulal See { [H8850]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-21

H8804
Stem -Qal See { [H8851]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-12562

H8806
Stem -Shaphel See { [H8852]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-4

H8809
Stem -Tiphel See { [H8853]} Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-1